Certificate container



s. K. WOOD CERTIFI GATE CONTAINER Filed A112. 27. 1926 Patented Dec. 27, 1927.

UNITED STATES illll ttrs STRAUD K. WOOD, 01 DENVER, COLORADO.

CERTIFICATE CONTAINER.

Application med August 27, 1926. Serial No. 131,969.

This invention relates to a holder or casing ior euton'iohile license data, oi? such a char actor that once the sheet or card carrying this identifying inil'torinntion is placed \vi thin the container, it cannot he removed without uiutileting' the sheet or card, or destroying the container.

F nch u ci'inteiner is partieulerly useful in hllates which permit a buyer ol: a used autouiohile using the old license tugs upon registration oi certain inlorination. in such cases it propose to put this iul'oruuition upon the cord to he held in the above container, and nioui'iting; said holder in a cmispicuous place in the automobile, which is, in some States compulsory.

To this end the invention contemplates the. provision oil a two part complementary container adapted to hold the information sheet or ward covered by a transparent glass or window, and u seal or strap passing through container, glass and card and tastened in such a manner that uunutluirized iii-enticing oi the seal or strap will he apparent.

lihe invention further consists in the novel conihination, construction and arrangement of parts liereii'iaiter shown and descrihed.

I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings one embodiment of my invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view of a device according; to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the device oi Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view along t l-23 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is a sectional view along the line 4:"4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspmitive view ol the seal.

in these drawings I: have shown at 1 a cover plate ol suhs'lnntially rectangular conl'iuurution and having u raised or pressed out portion 2 ni laptel l to receive the information card or sheet 3 and u trainslnlrent nuunher 4- such as glass or the like.

Around three sides oil the cover plate, I provide flanges 5 having weakening indentations therein as at 6. These flanges are adapted to hug the hack plate as will he hereinafter described.

In. the raised portion 2 of the cover plate, is a window opening through which the inl orinetion sheet may he viewed.

A hack plate 7 having a flange 8 is adapted to he slid upon the cover plate so that the line the flange 5 on the cover plate overlies the threeunilanged edges oil the haelc, and the flange 8 in the hack plate overlies the uni'langed edge of the cover.

The cover plate cut awn as at llnnd the heel; provided with ollseliearlii ll) aperture/d as 2t ll so (hot when these parts ure asseniihled, the upprlures re er with the out ouls ii and u stove or other holl only he utilized to secure ill, a -euihly lo shine permanent part of en automobile. O

The wealiteniup; indentatione will cause the flanges to he hrolceu oil it one attempts to pry out these :ilauues to get at the information card in th manner, thus limiting unauthorized openir ol' the device zipper ent.

In order to secure the cover and hack plates together and the glass and ini'oru'un tion sheet in the casing, so the t they cannot heremoved without uiutilatii'u'i, 1 provide a tle 'iro-ision 12 in the hurt: plate, l'OllllllltL', a con]partiueut in which 1 propose to place some sort or a locking devil-o. This device may he oi. any desired eharzu'ler. "llhe type of soul shown cons :1 of the locking sphere 14: located in the oiiset portion. oi the plate. With the locking sphere let. is used it strip or hand 1.5 having one end tilted within the locking sphere i l, the other end having; on apertijire 11.7 and adapted to be retained within the sphere when inserted through one of the slots therein, all as is well liznown.

I propose to first place the lock sphere 141 in. the oilset portion of the casing, and. then puss the hand 15 through apertures in back plate, certificate, gloss and cover plates across the trout o ii the device and then down through registering: apertures in cover. gluss, certilicu'le, and hook. The free end oi the hand is then slipped ll'irouuh :1. slot ll) in the ollset portion in the hurl: plate and into the lock sphere where it is reluined. As the strip is only long; enough to pass through the various slots and into the loci; 141:, it leaves no room {or play or manipulation in order to loosen the same.

lly reason oi? this locking means, the parts are secured together in a manner that will not pern'lit of separation without such. tan'ipering being apparent.

I propose to stamp the name oil the State within which the device is to he used upon the outside oi? the cover plate as at 2]. Likewise this State name may appear in send blasted letters on the glass plate and also (iii Ill)

printed on the certificate. In order to fur ther prevent unauthorized use of the container, glass or certificate, I place the license number on the strap or band,- and on the certificate. In this Way no substitutions can be made without such substitution being evident.

Where the license number appears on the band 15, I may provide the casing plates with an additional offset portion as at 22 which will contain another sphere seal 23. An extra; strap 24 also bearing the license number, lies in recess 25. In this way when the car is sold, the plates may be separated by cutting the strap, changing the certificate and then replacing the parts and locking the same with the spare strap which will bear the same license number.

Obviously the band or strap 15 may be threaded through the container 1n the reverse manner as above described if; this is found to be more convenient.

I claim:

1. In combination, front and back cover plates, a certificate and a glass held between said plates, an offset portion beneath said back plate, locking means located in said offset portion and between the back plate, and the certificate and inaccessible from outside the device, and a metal element threaded back and forth through plates, glass and certificate, the ends of said element being secured in said locking means.

2. The device of claim 1, with an additional offset portion in said back plate adapted to receive a. reserve locking means and metal elen'ient.

In testimony \vhcreot, I allix in ture.

signa- STRAUD K. IVOO'D. 

